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CODDLED EGG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does coddled egg mean?
• CODDLED EGG (noun)
The noun CODDLED EGG has 1 sense:
1. egg cooked briefly in the shell in gently boiling water
Familiarity information: CODDLED EGG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Egg cooked briefly in the shell in gently boiling water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
boiled egg; coddled egg
Hypernyms ("coddled egg" is a kind of...):
dish (a particular item of prepared food)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coddled egg"):
hard-boiled egg; hard-cooked egg (an egg boiled gently until both the white and the yolk solidify)
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